Wire hook



(NoModeL) R. GORTON. WIRE HOOK.

No. 402,438. Patented Apr. 30, 1889.

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U IT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT GORTON, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

WIRE HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 402,438, dated April 30, 1889.

Application filed February 5 1889. gerial No. 298,700- (No model.)

To all whom; "it may concern:-

Be it known that I, ROBERT GORTON, of Plainfield, Union county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Hooks 0r Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct or form from a single piece of wire a hanger having upper and lower hooks, in such manner that the wire may more readily be bent into the required shape or .contours; that a minimum length of wire will give a maximumstrength to both the upper and lower hooks, and to so shape or roll the wire that a broad surface of support is afforded to the suspending loops of garments hung upon it.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of my improved hook slightly in perspective; Fig. 2, a plan; Fig. 3, a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a detail section on same line, but showing a slight modification in shape of the rolled or flattened part of the wire.

The wire is, as usual, screw-threaded at one end, a, for the securing of the hook in place. From the screw-point it extends forward horizont-ally, and at the end of the upper hook it is preferably bent up somewhat, as shown at b, is then turned down in the same vertical plane, and is carried rearwardly and downwardly, as shown by c, to the rear face of the hanger. There it is bent down at 0', and then out and up in the formation of the lower hook, d, at the end of which it is bent upon itself, and carried back in the same horizontal line or lines andparallel with the other part of the wire forming the lower hook to the rear,

face of the hanger, and then up in the same transverse plane wit-h the vertical portion 0 to the point e, from whence it extends vertically to the horizontal part of the upper hook, near the screw end a, and is turned over and around it. This simple bending gives a hook of great strength, since the part 0 forms a direct brace or strut for the upper hook, the strain upon the upper hook being conveyed by the end-thrust of the brace to the angle 0 and the vertical part of the wire 0 running down from that point, and is delivered directly against the string piece or support, into which the hanger is screwed. The vertical part c of the wire and the parallel return portion 0 form the rear face of the hook. In this construction the double wire forming the lower hook affords a wide bearing-surface, and the formation of the end of said hook, by bending it upon itself, gives a rounded and perfectly smooth and symmetrical finish. No additional handling of the hanger for finishing at this point is required, as is the case where the wire is out off at or about the end of the hook, and the square rough end of the wire must either be turned or curled under or be struck up into some rounded shape.

The direct brace in my present form of hook gives a more solid support than where the wire at the rear end of the brace is carried up and over the horizontal part and then down to form the lower hook, because it is difficult, if not practically impossible, to bend the wire up so abruptly but-that there will be a yielding of the upper hook when a strain is thrown upon it, the tendency being for the upper hook to pivot or rock on the curve of the bend in the wire. Such action is, however, impossible in the present form of hook, because the bend c is in the reverse direction, and the strain is squarely received by the part 0 In order to give a broad bearing-surface to the horizontal part of the upper hook, it may be rolled out or swaged, as shown at as, and at about that point its under side may rest upon the brace c, as shown, to insure strength. This rolling will also slightly increase the length of the wire and efiect a corresponding economy in the cost of manufacture.

I claim as my invention- 1. The hanger herein described, formed from a continuous piece of wire, having the horizontal portion screw-threaded at its inner end for attachment to a support, the portion 0, extending rearwardly and downwardly to the rear face of the hanger, the downwardlyextending vertical part 0 the outwardly and upwardly curved parts d (1, forming the lower hook and arranged in the same horizontal lines, and the vertical part 0 extending up to the horizontal arm in the same transverse plane with the portion o i 2. The hanger herein described, formed from a continuous piece of wire, having the horizontal portion screw-threaded at its inner end for attachment to a support, and rolled or swaged, as at 00, the portion 0, extending rear tion, 0, extending to the rear face of the hanger, the vertical part 0 double Wires, as d d, forming the lower hook, and the Vertical portion 0 in the same transverse plane with the vertical part c and extending up to and around the inner end of the horizontal portion.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

ROBERT GORTON. \Vitnesses:

AUGUSTUS MERRIT EDWARD C. DAVIDSON. 

